#avenger field

[hellonew-yorkgirl]

Es geht weiter mit Reisebericht von unserem dem Roadtrip durch Texas

5. Tag Reisebericht: Der Roadtrip beginnt - von Fort Worth über Sweetwater bis Monahans

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“Madge Rutherford, pilot trainee in the Women's Flying Training Detachment, writing letter home w. a finished Coca Cola by her side as she leans against barrack while waiting for her flight period on basic line, at Avenger Field.“

(ph. Peter Stackpole)

[aerohistory]

Avenger Field in Sweetwater, Texas, home of the Women Airforce Service Pilots in World War II

[electronicsquid]

You can read the original Life story about the "girl pilots" of Avenger Field here.

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Avenger Field

(Peter Stackpole. 1943)

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Meteorological class for trainee pilots of the Women's Flying Training Detachment.

(Peter Stackpole. 1943)

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Fairchild PT-19 of the Women's Flying Training Detachment

(Peter Stackpole. 1943)

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Jean Pearson, pilot trainee in the Women's Flying Training Detachment

(Peter Stackpole. 1943)